No. 3 Bulldogs March On

Jane Macky and Hilary Shapiro.

Oct 15, 2010

First Team Racing Event Of Fall
This Weekend

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Fresh off their
successful weekend across New England, the Bulldogs jumped to third
in the national rankings. Next, Yale will travel to Dartmouth
for the Captain Hurst Bowl, Massachusetts Maritime for the Great
Herring Pond Open and Boston College and Tufts for the Reid and
Lane Team Races.

The Captain Hurst Bowl is one of the last northern regattas on
the calendar. The event will bring together many of the top
New England teams in Dartmouth's fleet of FJs. Fresh
off his win at the New England Men's Singlehanded
Championship, sophomore Cameron Cullman will skipper A division for
the Bulldogs. Senior Liz Brim will join him in the bow of the
boat. B division will be an all-freshman affair, with Chris
Segerblom driving and Amanda Salvesen crewing. Last
year's Captain Hurst was a painfully light affair, with four
races per division over two days. Yale finished sixth.

A second team of Bulldogs will race at the Great Herring Pond
Open. Massachusetts Maritime sails 420s on the pond, which is
somewhat of a mismatch for sailors used to sailing FJs on light,
shifty bodies of water. Nevertheless, the event could prove
surprising—last year's regatta brought winds so strong
that Sunday's racing was cancelled. Junior Genoa Warner
will skipper A division, joined by junior Stephanie Schuyler.
Senior Nathan Stevens will drive in B division and sophomore Senem
Cilingiroglu will crew.

Six sailors will begin Yale's foray into team racing for
the 2010-2011 campaign. Saturday the team will race at the
Norm Reid Trophy hosted by Boston College before travelling to
Tufts for the Lane Trophy on Sunday. Though pairings have not been
confirmed, the team will include senior Andrew Kurzrok, junior Rob
Struckett and freshman Max Nickbarg as skippers and senior Tatyana
Camejo, junior Isabel Elliman and freshman Anna Han as
crews.

Extreme weather could be on the horizon. Current forecasts
call for gusts up to 39 miles per hour. Winds may abate by
Sunday, but not by much. How teams transition through massive
gusts and varying conditions will likely be the ticket to success
on this blustery fall weekend.